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“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”
Princess Diana
“When I dare to be powerful to use my strength in the service of my vision then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
Audre Lorde
“Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an ‘is,’ it is a ‘becoming.’”
Haile Selassie
“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.”
Noam Chomsky
“It’s not that optimism solves all of life’s problems; it is just that it can sometimes make the difference between coping and collapsing. ”
Lucy MacDonald
“One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world - making the most of one's best.”
Harry Emerson Fosdick
“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.”
Anna Freud
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
Jane Austen
“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.”
Amy Poehler
“There are good ships and wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, may they always be!”
Irish Proverb
“At 211 degrees, water is hot. At 212 degrees, it boils. And with boiling water, comes steam. And with steam, you can power a train. ”
S.L. Parker
“You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain.”
Tom Hiddleston
“To persist with a goal, you must treasure the dream more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it.”
Richelle E. Goodrich
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
Carl Sandburg
“A highly developed values system is like a compass. It serves as a guide to point you in the right direction when you are lost.”
Idowu Koyenikan
“ The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.”
Kobe Bryant
“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness... or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have—life itself.”
Walter Anderson
“Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.”
Louis "Lou" Holtz